SentLTE-Digest Thursday, October 11 2012 Volume 12 : Number 039
001 LTE: 'Lives on the Line' 07 Oct 2012
From: John Chase <>
002 LTE: Re: 'OBAMA CHUCKLES AT WEED'
From: Kirk Muse <>
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Subj: 001 LTE: 'Lives on the Line' 07 Oct 2012
From: John Chase <>
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 07:48:03 -0700
Editors, TampaBay Times
Subject: "Lives on the Line" 07 Oct 2012
The law can go only so far in stopping problem users. They are, after
all, problem users. If blocked from one drug, they will find some other
drug. The 'other drug' is often alcohol, potentially lethal not only to
the user, but also to innocents. The impact of alcohol on traffic
safety, for instance, is well documented in double-blind studies
involving over 10,000 traffic fatalities, done first in Australia in the
mid-1990s, then in France. Both studies show that alcohol is two to four
times as impairing as marijuana, and probably worse than opiates, the
active ingredient in painkillers. For detail see
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3256820/
Additionally, evidence is accumulating that many drinkers will switch to
marijuana when local law is liberalized, as it is in states that have
legalized marijuana for medical use. One such study showed that states
phasing in legal marijuana as medicine saw beer consumption decline and
traffic fatalities fall sharply, both without a significant increase in
underage smoking. For detail, see the 2011 working paper at
http://ftp.iza.org/dp6112.pdf titled "Medical Marijuana Laws, Traffic
Fatalities, and Alcohol Consumption".
We should consider more effective ways than the criminal law to reduce
the societal damage caused by problem use of psychoactive substances.
John Chase
1620 E Dorchester Dr
Palm Harbor, FL 34684
(727) 727-787-3085
The law can go only so far in stopping problem users. They are, after
all, problem users. If blocked from one drug, they will find some other
drug. The 'other drug' is often alcohol, lethal not only to the user,
but also to innocents. The impact of alcohol on traffic safety, for
instance, is well documented in double-blind studies involving over
10,000 traffic fatalities, done first in Australia in the mid-1990s,
then in France. Both studies show that alcohol is two to four times as
impairing as marijuana, and probably worse than opiates, the active
ingredient in painkillers. For detail see
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3256820/
Additionally, evidence is accumulating that many drinkers will switch to
marijuana when local law is liberalized, as it is in states that have
legalized marijuana for medical use. One such study showed that states
phasing in legal marijuana as medicine saw beer consumption decline and
traffic fatalities fall sharply, both without a significant increase in
underage smoking. For detail, see the 2011 working paper at
http://ftp.iza.org/dp6112.pdf titled "Medical Marijuana Laws, Traffic
Fatalities, and Alcohol Consumption".
We should consider more effective ways than the criminal law to reduce
the societal damage caused by problem use of psychoactive substances.
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Subj: 002 LTE: Re: 'OBAMA CHUCKLES AT WEED'
From: Kirk Muse <>
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:46:02 -0700
To the Editor of The Eastern Echo:
I am writing about the thoughtful column by James Tatum: "OBAMA CHUCKLES
AT WEED" (10-8-12).
I believe President Obama is going to loose the election because he has
chosen to abandon his base. Not only has he abandoned his base; he has
mocked and ridiculed them. His base are the millions of voters who want
marijuana fully legalized and regulated like beer and wine.
To some, I must be a twenty-something who doesn't vote anyway. Not
exactly. I have voted in every presidential election since 1968. Long
before most of the readers were born.
Kirk Muse
1741 S. Clearview Ave.
Mesa, AZ 85209
(480) 396-3399
Thank you for considering this letter for publication.
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